Jar spout



April 1 1929- o. D. HQLT ET AL 1,709,265

J AR SPOUT Filed Oct. 22, 1927 Patented Apr. 16, 1929. i h

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER D. HOLT AND RAY YOUNG, F BRAMAN, OKLAHOMA.

JAR SPOUT.

Application filed. October 22, 1927. Serial No. 228,056.

This invention has reference to removable cured to the rod 12 for moving the rod 12 spouts to be used in connection with conwith respect to the base 14: to open and close tainers especially designed for containing the closure 6. lubricating oils or the like, the primary ob- Mounted between the finger piece 15 and ject of the invention being to provide means boss 13 is a coiled spring 16 that normally 55 whereby the lubricating oils may be poured acts to urge the finger piece and elements from the container without danger of spillconnected therewith to their normal posiing the oil over the engine while replenishtions, to the end that the closure 6 is noring the oil supply. mally held closed.

A further object of the invention is to Secured to the base 14 is a threaded secur- 60 provide a spout which may be readily and ing ring 17 by means of which the device easily removed for the purpose of refilling may be secured to the threaded mouth of a the container. container designed for containing lubricat- A still further object of the invention is ing oils so that the device may be readily to provide a handle forming a part of the and easily removed or replaced. 65 spout, whereby the container may be con The reference character 18 indicates a veniently handled and held while pouring band that is of a diameter greater than the the contents from the container. diameter of the container proper, which in With the foregoing and other objects in the present showing is indicated by the refview which will appear as the description erence character 19 so that the band may be 70 proceeds, the invention resides in the comreadily positioned over the container. bination and arrangement of parts and in Connecting the base 14 and band 18 are the details of construction hereinafter derods 20 that act as a frame to hold the device scribed and claimed,it being understood in proper relation on a container.

that changes in the precise embodiment of As clearly shown by the drawings, a han- T5 the invention herein disclosed, may be made dle indicated at 21 is provided and forms within the scope of what is claimed, without a part of the base 14, the lower end of the departing from the spirit of the invention. handle being connected to the band 18 at 22.

Referring to the drawing: Thus it will be seen that due to this con- Figure l is a side elevational view of a struction, an operator may grasp the handle spout and handle constructed in accordance 21 and operate his thumb to move the finger with the invention. piece 15 and rod connected therewith, caus- Figure 2 is a fragmental sectional view ing the closure to move to its open position. through the spout and handle. In order that the oil will flow freely from Referring to the drawing in detail, the dethe spout, an air tube 23 is provided and vice includes a spout 5 which has its upper extends into the spout from the upper edge end beveled defining a seat for the pivoted thereof so that when the'oil is poured from closure 6. Extending from the spout 5 are the container, air may enter to displace the spaced ears 7 formed with openings to reoil.

40 ceive the pin 8 that passes through an open- It will further be noted that the operator ing in the arm 9 which connects with the may hold the closure 6 in its closed position closure 6. until the spout is properly positioned,

Extending laterally from the arm 9 is an whereupon the thumb piece may be actuated extension 10 that supports a pin that passes to open the spout and allow the oil to flow through the head 11 into which the rod 12 therefrom.

extends and to which the rod 12 is secured. WVe claim:

The lower end of the rod 12 passes A removable spout for liquid containers through an opening formed in the boss 13 of having threaded mouths, including a base the base 14 formed integral with the spout having a threaded extension to be fitted over 5, there being provided a finger piece 15 sethe threaded mouth and having a spout ex- 100 tending from the opposite side of the base, a band to be fitted around the container, spaced rods connecting the base and band, said band being disposed at a point substantially intermediate the ends of the container, a handle formed integral With the base and connected with the band and a pivoted closure for normally closing the discharge end 01"- the spout.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing 10 as our own, We have hereto afiixed our signatures.

' OLIVER D. HOLT.

RAY YOUNG. 

